ATSU ADALETEY’S PROFILE

11 min readOct 28, 2017

[peteratsuadaletey@gmail.com]

Peter Atsu Adaletey is an interdisciplinary teaching artist and a performer with a strong background in creative writing, theatre, film, dance, poetry, directing and a visual art curator.

In 2022, Atsu was selected as a fully funded Presenter at the 6th International Teaching Artist Conference at Oslo, Norway

https://youtu.be/efzWhiDbf50

https://youtu.be/KvLGKFfmw-I

It was a fulfilling moment facilitating a workshop on ARTS INTEGRATION during the parallel sessions because it has been his on-going campaign in Ghana.

Also, Atsu featured in his first in-person international project at Oslo.

https://youtu.be/pQMyKDJSEnY

https://youtu.be/l_sAFyxKMU0

“ALL THIS AND MORE" is a global participatory performance event that focuses on the problem that by 2050 there will be 1.5billion climate refugees seeking shelter in all our major cities.

Concept by Simon Sharkey of "The Necessary Space" Co-directed by Henriette Blakstadd and Claudia Lucacel for ITAC6. Produced by Seanse Art Center

PETER ATSU ADALETEY was featured in UNESCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS EDUCATION WEEK 2021

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GTV Hosts Peter Atsu Adaletey (link below)

https://youtu.be/WuL26ViKZnA?si=8m-sESRhyJ5Kb_MI

Rebecca Potts Aguirre hosts Atsu (Link below)

https://youtu.be/3EDjw8_xPZg?si=4kivJxVY94AxrBXo

PETER ATSU ADALETEY FEATURED IN GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE-APPROVED CREATIVE ARTS TEXTBOOK

[Link below]

https://youtu.be/up5rQV4VfXg?si=5v8rqz5oELdeNd1p

Atsu was also featured in a Ghana Education Service-approved Creative Arts Textbook for Primary 4. A high honour and recognition, Peter was among other three (3) notable figures—including Okyeame Kwame, Becca, and Wiyaala—selected to be studied. The textbook is published by NAKY NUGGET SERIES and authored by Mr. Oppong K. Christopher and Mr. Anning Karikari-Gyebi.

PUBLICATION OF A BEGINNERS GUIDE — Teaching Artistry for Community Building and Healing

Peter Atsu Adaletey completed his culminating ITAC Innovator report, in collaboration with his convened working group.

As a 2021-2022 ITAC Innovator, Peter delivered a Think Tank, and subsequently led an international working group, focused on Building and Healing Communities through the Arts. Peter’s resulting Beginner’s Guide resource, having fetched input from teaching artists around the world, collectively identifies problems facing communities and how teaching artists, acting as community surgeons, can use additional ideas and methodologies for building and healing communities through the arts. This resource is a collation of practical how-to approaches and reflections from volunteer teaching artists, which we hope can inspire and inform other teaching artists.

Link(s) to the resource:

https://www.itac-collaborative.com/projects/peter-atsu-adaletey-innovator-project

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In 2020, Covid-19 denied the International Teaching Artist Collaborative (ITAC), from organising the usual in-person arts conference (International Teaching Artist Conference) which was going to be a great gathering at Seoul, South Korea). Persistent, ITAC 5 was organised online and Atsu was appointed as a Collective Room Leader.

https://youtu.be/F8YDhRz2nLA

In 2018, he was selected as a fully funded delegate for the International Teaching Artist Conference (held at New York, USA) organized by the International Teaching Artist Collaborative (ITAC).

Same year, he was appointed by the organizers of the Kampala International Theatre Festival as a Stage Manager for a UK based award-winning theatre company, Seemia Theatre but unfortunately, he couldn’t embrace those opportunities due to conflicting scenes.

Persistent and deeply dedicated to his passion, he was selected by ITAC as a Catalyst and to extend ITAC’s initiatives in Ghana, he established ITAC GHANA COLLECTIVE. He is the Country Director and still working with other volunteers to lift it. Atsu has extensively extended teaching artistry to schools, churches and art organizations in communities across Ghana.

https://youtu.be/IfS_UQtCEQc?si=uiSMi6W3TSd_XMaH

In 2018, he worked with Zoey Martinson (an award-winning writer, director; a film maker with octopus-wing background) as the First Assistant Director and Casting Director for Zoey Martinson’s award-winning international short film THE FISHERMAN which starred Emmanuel France, Nollywood’s International veteran actor.

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In 2014, Zoey Martinson connected Atsu to the movie project “BEAST OF NO NATION”. At the casting phase of the project (working as a volunteer talent scout to Harrison Nesbit), Atsu dropped off due to campus demands and other complications.

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In 2005, he made it to Nigeria on an exchange programme and performed at the National Council for Arts and Culture (Abuja, Nigeria) in OPEN MIC with support from Mr. Muhammad Sulaiman and Margaret John.

Atsu has featured in NAFTI Students Films, GTV Home Sweet Home TV Series, TV3 Music Music, TV3 MTN FUSION with Abeiku Santana, KSM’S TGIF Show (Metro TV among other screen projects). He has produced outreach and talent-coaching projects across the country and still scouting and nurturing talents. Using his God-given talents to empower and transform lives has always been his genuine and burning desire.

He is the founder of Bright Future Arts Foundation (an NGO established at Accra in 1998; an inspiration from Bight Future Club of Keta Senior Secondary School in 1997).

In 2006, he registered the organisation through the financial support of Zoey Martinson. Peter’s connection to Zoey was through Joseph Ametam; a generous and dedicated member of the club in Ketasco and the organisation at Accra.

Peter is also the founder and Creative Director of Dzolali Theatre House (a theatre company established in 2017).

Atsu’s passion and dedication to the creative arts has extensively linked him to celebrities and experienced personalities like Mrs. Gertrude Opare Addo (Former newscaster, GBC), James Gibbs (Veteran dramatist, London), Harrison Nesbit (Casting Director of the award-winning movie: BEAST OF NO NATION), Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM), David Dontoh, Henry Brew Riverson Jnr., Emmanuel France, Ako Tetteh and many others.

He attended De Youngsters International School (Kokomlemle, Accra), New Nation International School (Kokomlemle Accra), Aggrey Memorial international School (Kanda, Accra), Nima ‘2’ Junior Secondary School (Nima, Accra), Keta Secondary School (1996/98) and is a pioneer student of Winfield College of Theatre Arts, Radio, Film and Television. He graduated from the University of Education, School of Creative Arts, Dept. of Theatre Arts, Winneba.